There really was only one contender for this week’s choice, a video which, quite honestly, stands head and shoulders above anything to we have watched over the past seven days – and that is the epic new offering from Amon Amarth.
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As part of the Cockney Rejects’ 40th anniversary celebrations, October sees a limited-edition release of fully signed copies of the DVD of ‘East End Babylon’, the acclaimed movie that tells the band’s story, originally released back in 2013. The film was directed by Richard England, who was the executive producer of ‘Oil City Confidential’, the excellent Dr. Feelgood documentary, and edited by Henry Stein, who edited ‘Celebration Day’, the Led Zeppelin concert film.
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It certainly has been a long month. Well, it has had five Sundays in it – which is great from our point of view, as it means we have been able to open up the Singles Club three times this month, bringing you the pick of the crop of the literally hundreds of submissions which have come our way since we last loaded up the jukebox and declared the bar open for business…
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Earlier this week, Monk commented about those rare occasions when you are actually attracted to a gig because of one or more bands on the undercard… Well, it doesn’t happen for ages and then, kapow, two such shows come along within a few days of each other, which is why your ÜRHQ team found themselves taking up a last minute invitation to pop around to their local and catch up with those lovable Liverpudlian larrikins The Jokers, making a long overdue return to this corner of the Überverse, this time in support of Graham Bonnet and his latest legacy project, in the form of the resurrection of the long-defunct Alcatrazz brand…
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Another gig in Manchester, this time at one of our resident gigaholic’s favourite venues in Satan’s Hollow with antipodean prog pop metal act Voyager as headliners, with support from three acts. The usual short train hop across to the big lad’s home from home sees him arrive just in time to catch the opening band on the bill…
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